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That's terrible advice given the question. The OP wants to learn programming so he can mod games. React and Node are primarily web-only and won't help him at all.If you know nothing about programming, take an introductory class for c or java. Anything you learn in those will transfer to nearly everything else.For modding, you'll have to have a much deeper understanding of file formats and/or assembly, which is not something you can just jump into.For a good start, pick up a game that has an editor with a scripting language like rpg maker (you can find old versions of rpg maker for free) and just play around with it. If you like it, then I would suggest taking the higher level CS classes.

The offsets are listed on the wiki, which is unfortunately down right now. There are actually 3 musical outcomes. One for each piece, and one when you didn't get 4 instruments for the same song. The choices you make are stored in a long. Here's that section of code in script form:

if (Long[360] & 4096 != 0){Byte[341]=3}if (Long[360] == 8384513){Byte[341]=1}if (Long[360] == 4095){Byte[341]=2}I don't remember which value for 341 means you did a good job. I would assume 3 is eyes on me, 2 is irish jig, and 1 is "you really suck at picking instruments."

I have a debug room that has every boss battle in it. You can alternately mess with squares debug rooms to add battles via scripting. There's a full list of battle id's on the wiki.I'll get you some links when I'm not on my phone.

You could edit the field scripts and set the boss music to the same as the field music (which makes he music continue playing when battle starts).Or use a dll injector to do basically the same thing, but that's probably harder.

Unfortunately there hasn't been a lot of progress in the last 6 months. I'm slowly recording with my Irvine and trying to set up sessions with my Selphie. They're the only major roles left. I'm filling minor roles as I find people and time.

I'm sitting on a trailer that I've been wanting to share for over a year, but didn't have all the lines recorded for. It's torture that I'm one of two people who've seen it.

I liked XII. It was a good throwback to the medieval steampunk setting that 6 and 9 had, and aside from Vaan and Penelo being useless and totally unnecessary to the plot, the story, world, and combat were well done.

Thanks for your interest in the project. I would be happy to answer your questions.

The lines finished is pretty much up to date. I'm waiting on my Irvine and Selphie actors to be available. My Irvine just finished sampling for a music project, so I should be recording with him in the coming weeks. My Selphie is a real voice actress that does paid work first. After them, all that's left to do is a zoo of minor characters.

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Also, in terms of the additional dialogue you will add (e.g. as you run around), could you give us a little more info on that?

There's not much info to give. The characters will speak in some areas as you walk around. If you've watched Shudo Ranmaru's FF8Voices fandub on youtube, it will be a lot like that. I wasn't able to add as much dialogue as I originally envisioned, but there are a few places in the game that feel less boring to walk through now.

I'm writing all the extra dialogue, and I also wrote the modified dialogue.

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How are they going to ensure it doesn't feel like a bad fan fic?

I guess you'll just have to wait and see.

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Are they going to try and splice in cut content

Some lines that were cut from the game are being added. I am going to use the alternate view of the dormitory common area at least once. That's all I can think of at the moment.

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How long after the release of the vanilla mod will the additional dialogue take?

The additional dialogue will be part of the release. It was recorded at the same time everything else was.

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Also, do you think this will be done by Xmas?

It's possible, but I wouldn't hold my breath. You will know the release date when I do.

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I am going to Distant Worlds in November with the gf (30th Anniversary)

30 years and you haven't married her

I'm kidding, I assume (and hope) you mean the 30th anniversary of FF. I've always wanted to go to Distant Worlds. I hope you and the gf have fun there.

The files are numbered based on a sound id and are imported into one of the game's files via Ff8Audio. If you have the sound id's (they're in my game script) you can replace them. I will release the script some time after I release the mod.

I agree with DLPB. Your remix is better than what most people do, certainly a good track overall, but it's missing some pieces that made the original stand out. For me, your violins/strings sounded too fake mixed in with the good sounding everything else.

1) I don't think we can give you copyrighted content.2) Downloading a song from youtube and making it loopable takes less than 5 minutes. Maybe 10 if you have to download and install the tools to do so. Ask google how.